High sampling rate thermistor string observations at the slope of Great Meteor Seamount

Ocean Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-28

  Van Haren, H ^a   Groenewegen, R ^a   Laan, M ^a   Koster, B ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33746412420     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-1-17-2005     Document Type: Article

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